whites vs yellows vs oranges

[Qweniden]

This year Ive tried to grow an equals number of:

- Reds
- Greens
- Bi-colors
- Yellows
- Whites
- oranges
- blacks
- pinks

Going through all my tomatoes I wonder if I have too many whites/yellows/oranges because they will be too similar to each other.

Searching my taste memory my past growing seasons they all seem to have a distinct style. Whites were sweet and mild. Yellows were more tangy and oranges were more fruity. Is that how they are where you live too? Time well tell when the maters start coming in but how redundant do you think whites/yellows/oranges are?

[timora]

Umm my favorite is Kellogg's Breakfast, an orange tomato and then a Granny Cantrell, a pink tomato

[ddsack]

Going through all my tomatoes I wonder if I have too many whites/yellows/oranges because they will be too similar to each other.

Searching my taste memory my past growing seasons they all seem to have a distinct style. Whites were sweet and mild. Yellows were more tangy and oranges were more fruity. Is that how they are where you live too? Time well tell when the maters start coming in but how redundant do you think whites/yellows/oranges are?

I sort of agree with your taste evaluation. With the exception of Snow White Cherry, white's for me have been very bland to tasteless. Yellows seem to fall in two groups, those that are very mild and sweet, perhaps because they are closer to the Whites, and those that have a citrusy zing and are not too sweet. I think I agree with the oranges having perhaps a more fruity or complex flavor. Aunt Gertie's Gold is among the best, funny how after a few years of hype you don't see her on too many current lists, really a great tomato. I prefer it to both Kellogg's versions.

I'm trying to get back to growing more zingy traditional reds, but keep getting sidetracked by all the potato leafed pinks that people keep finding. I think it's helpful to grow a group of the same colors in a particular year to compare flavors in the same season. Some years due to weather, nothing may be very outstanding, but at least for that year those tomatoes had a level playing field.